Sec. 17a-103a. Telephone hotline to receive reports of child abuse or neglect.
Sec. 17a-103a. Telephone hotline to receive reports of child abuse or neglect.
The Commissioner of Children and Families shall provide a telephone hotline for child
abuse that shall be dedicated to receive reports of child abuse. Such hotline shall accept
all reports of abuse or neglect regardless of the relationship of the alleged perpetrator
to the child who is the alleged victim and regardless of the alleged perpetrator's affiliation
with any organization or other entity in any capacity. The commissioner shall classify
and evaluate all reports pursuant to the provisions of section 17a-101g.
(P.A. 97-319, S. 20, 22; P.A. 02-138, S. 17.)
History: P.A. 97-319 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 02-138 required the hotline to accept all reports regardless of the
alleged perpetrator's relationship to the child and the alleged perpetrator's affiliation with any organization or other entity
and required the commissioner to classify and evaluate all reports pursuant to Sec. 17a-101g.